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Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment: Testing Pathways Between Specific Forms of Maltreatment and Identifying Possible Moderators

Velasco, Valerie E
http://orcid.org/0009-0000-4176-4726
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1681840123437111

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2023, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Clinical Psychology (Arts and Sciences).
Victims of child maltreatment have been shown to experience significant adverse outcomes including greater involvement with the criminal justice system and violent crime perpetration. However, the effects of child abuse and neglect victimization on parent risk for child maltreatment perpetration is lesser understood. Current research on the intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment has failed to consistently identify risk factors that explain this phenomenon. The current investigation examined specific child maltreatment types as predictors of parent perpetration of child physical abuse, physical neglect, and multi-type maltreatment. Using a nationally representative dataset, the effect of childhood trauma type on parent perpetration of abuse and/or neglect was tested for 1,530 females. Additionally, parent age, child sex, and parent and child ADHD were included as risk factors of child abuse and neglect. Regression analyses revealed that history of child maltreatment by type significantly predicted parent perpetration of abuse and/or neglect. Those with histories of physical neglect and sexual abuse were at the greatest risk of perpetrating physical neglect. Further, physical abuse, physical neglect, and multi-type maltreatment were significantly associated with parent perpetration of multi-type maltreatment. Parent histories of multi-type maltreatment and physical abuse significantly predicted perpetration of physical abuse. Moreover, child sex was shown to moderate the association between multi-type maltreatment victimization and parent perpetration of multi-type maltreatment. Finally, parent age moderated the association between being a victim and perpetrator of physical neglect and being a victim and perpetrator of multi-type maltreatment. Parent age also moderated the association between parent physical neglect victimization and perpetration of multi-type maltreatment.
Brian Wymbs (Advisor)
Darcey Allan (Committee Member)
Jennifer Shadik (Committee Member)
74 p.
Behavioral Psychology; Behavioral Sciences; Behaviorial Sciences; Clinical Psychology; Psychology
child maltreatment; maltreatment; generational trauma; intergenerational trauma; abuse; abuse and neglect; maltreatment type; physical abuse; sexual abuse; neglect; physical neglect; sex; ADHD; ADHD symptoms; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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  • Velasco, V. E. (2023). Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment: Testing Pathways Between Specific Forms of Maltreatment and Identifying Possible Moderators [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1681840123437111

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Velasco, Valerie. Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment: Testing Pathways Between Specific Forms of Maltreatment and Identifying Possible Moderators. 2023. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1681840123437111.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Velasco, Valerie. "Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment: Testing Pathways Between Specific Forms of Maltreatment and Identifying Possible Moderators." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1681840123437111

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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